The Presidential Candidate of New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo maintains his lead in the latest results the Electoral Commission (EC) made available to Ghana News Agency at 2231 hours, Tuesday December 9, 2008.
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Many of the students at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) who had transferred their votes but could not find their names on the transfer list on Sunday morning, are now voting, at the Auditorium A and B polling stations, due to a master l…
Provisional results of the 2008 Presidential Election released by the Electoral Commission (EC)to GNA for the Nkawkaw Constituency indicate that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) gained more votes while New Patriotic Party (NPP) lost …
Mr Hackman Owusu Agyeman, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), parliamentary candidate and incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the New Juaben North constituency had retained his seat.
Uncertified results released at the constituency co…
Electoral activities for Ghana's fifth consecutive Presidential and Parliamentary elections on December 7th, have gradually shifted from the polling stations to coalition centres heading towards the Electoral Commission's Strong room.
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Mr Seth Adjei-Baah, popularly known as Shaaba, Managing Director of Shaaba Enterprise Limited, has won the Nkawkaw Constituency Parliamentary seat.
He polled 19,757 votes to defeat Mr Kwabena Adusa Okerchiri, the incumbent New Patrio…
Papa Owusu-Ankomah, incumbent Member of Parliament for the Sekondi Constituency has retained the seat.
He polled a total of 13,005 votes, representing 55.41 per cent to beat Betty Bosomtwe-Sam of the National Democratic Congress (NDC…
The following are Presidential certified results from the office of the Electoral Commission (EC):
Tarkwa-Nsuaem (W/R):
NPP - 31,960
NDC - 19,166
PNC - 134
DFP - 74
DPP - 28
CPP - 2,009
RPD - 20
IND - 5…
Mr Moses Asaga, National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Nabdam Constituency in the Upper East Region, has retained his seat.
He polled 5,369 votes representing 47.81 per cent of the valid votes cast to beat his cl…
Mr. Joseph Kofi Adda, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Navrongo Central, has retained the seat winning the polls with 14,354 votes after a keen contest with Mr. Mark Woyongo of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) w…
Here are some of the results so far received from the EC in some constituencies in the Ashanti region.
Ejisu-Juaben constituency;
Presidential:
NPP--------- 65,755
PNC---------121
NDC---------11,506
DFP----------76
DPP----------61…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has caused a stir in the Cape Coast constituency, by beating the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in both the presidential and parliamentary election conducted on Sunday.
The constituency is considere…
The following presidential and parliamentary results have been certified by Mr Michael Boadu, Tema Metropolitan Electoral Officer.
The results for the Tema West presidential and parliamentary polls are however provisional.
Ashaiman …
Certified results for the New Juaben South Constituency Presidential results is as follows:
Nana Akufo-Addo (NPP) 32,338
Edward Mahama (PNC) 136
JEA Atta-Mills (NDC) 21,977
Emmanuel Ansah-Antwi (DFP) 45
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Mr Joseph Kwaku Nayan, incumbent NPP Parliamentary candidate for Nkwanta- North, has retained his seat with 9,426 votes, provisional results from the constituency have indicated.
His closest rival Dr Joseph Kwabena Nianboah-Rockson of th…
A pattern is emerging as the Presidential results of Election 2008 are released. While the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) loses votes where they won, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) gains votes even where they lost compared to Ele…
Mr Dominic Azumah, incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Garu-Tempane constituency retained the Parliamentary seat, with 16318 votes to beat his main competitor, Mr. Alhassan Samari of the National Patri…
Mr Stephen Yakubu, a Building Consultant won the Binduri Constituency parliamentary seat for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) with 9,103 votes while the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament, Mr Anthony Awuni lost …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) won both the presidential and parliamentary elections in Mpreaso constituency by polling 16,829 votes, representing 66.52 percent as against the National Democratic Congress (NDC), which had 7,950 votes.
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The NPP has for the first time since the inception of multi-party democracy in the country in 1992, wrested the Techiman North constituency seat from the NDC.
History was made in the area at Sunday's elections as Professor Christoph…
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) and Civic Forum Initiative (CFI) on Monday expressed concern about competing pronouncements and claims being made by some political parties even before election results were released.
I…
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Prestea Huni Valley, Albert Kwaku Obbin has lost his seat to Francis Adu Blay Koffie of National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Election 2008.
Koffie polled 21,887 votes as against Ob…
The following is some provisional results from the V/R
South Dayi Constituency
Presidential Parliamentary
NPP - 1384 1381
PNC - 63 -
NDC - 13965 13854
DFP - 64…
Mr Joe Osei-Owusu, the Independent Parliamentary Candidate polled 34,700 votes to unseat the incumbent NPP, Mr Ignatius Kofi Poku Adusei who had 8,560 votes in the parliamentary elections for the Asante-Bekwai Constituency.
The Bekwa…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described as false a statement by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the NPP was trying to rig the elections and claim victory.
"That statement is false on both counts. The NDC is not winnin…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Pusiga Constituency won in both the Presidential and Parliamentary elections, with 9,672 votes for Presidential and 8,803 votes for Mr Simon Akumeye, a Nursing Officer and the incumbent Member …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won the Mfantseman -west constituency, through their parliamentary candidate, Mr Aquinas Quansah, a 41 -year old advertiser.
The incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mr Stephen Asamoah-Boate…
Maulvi A. Wahab Adam, head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana on Monday called on Ghanaians to accept the outcome of the presidential and parliamentary elections to facilitate the nation's rapid development and prosperity.
He s…
Party candidates, their agents and electoral officials from Bawku Central constituency in the Upper East Region arrived in Bolgatanga Monday afternoon for a recount of contested poll results for that constituency.
Amidst tight securi…
The incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Kade, Mr Ofosu Asamoah, retained his seat when he polled 22,081 votes representing 57.94 percent of total votes cast.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, …
Two presiding officers at Atebubu in Brong Ahafo were arrested on Sunday before the election got started when it was detected that 1,525 presidential ballot papers had got missing at their polling stations.
Police Superintendent Char…
The NDC has retained the seat in the Twifo- Atti-Mokwaa constituency for its incumbent Mrs Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh, 61, and won the seat from Mr Andrew Mensah, of the NPP for 46-year old Mr Anthony Christian Dadzie, an accountant, while the…
The Election 2008 results the Electoral Commission has been releasing appear to be showing that the two major political parties are making inroads into each other's stronghold.
Just as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) improved…
The two incumbent NPP Parliamentarians for the Upper Denkyira West and East Constituencies, 46-year old Mr Benjamin Kofi Ayeh and 53-year old Nana Amoako, have retained their seats for the party in the just ended parliamentary election.
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The National Democratic Congress (NDC), one of two major parties contesting for Election 2008, on Monday said it had not in anyway manipulated the election results.
It said it had also not in any way made any wrong claim of winning t…
The Ghana Armed Forces on Monday firmly denied a claim by the National Democratic Congress that it was part of an attempt to rig the elections in favour of the New Patriotic Party, stressing that it had no intention to undermine the consti…
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Monday asked the two leading political parties to stop holding press conferences and counter-reactions of elections results at the Press Centre.
Mr Bright Blewu, General Secretary of the GJA,…
Police Superintendent G.D. Hoxdzi, Elections Task Force Commander for Assin South Constituency has commended the people in the area, particularly the electorates for their high sense of discipline and comportment during and after the elect…
Voting in Ghana's historic election ended officially at 1700 hours in the presidential and parliamentary elections throughout
the 22,000 polling stations on Sunday.
Counting begins immediately at the polling stations
to witness by …
Mr Emmanuel Ansah Antwi, Presidential candidate for the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP), Sunday expressed satisfaction with the electoral process, calling on Ghanaians to conduct themselves peacefully to ensure the success of the polls.
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The Electoral Commission (EC) on Sunday commended Polling Agents of the Political Parties contesting Election 2008 for their non-partisan conduct at the polling stations.
"Most of the agents have maintain a cordial working relations…
Voting in Election 2008 ended generally peacefully at 1700 hours on Sunday December 7 2008 throughout the country.
About 12.5 million Ghanaians went to the polls to elect a President and 230 Parliamentarians in what was described as …
Cuba is open to dialogue with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, but not to "negotiate" over its sovereignty, Fidel Castro, the country's former leader, said in an article published on Friday.
Cuba can hold talks with Obama at any pl…
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has nominated more White House staff, including his chief economic policy adviser, his transition office said on Friday.
Jared Bernstein, a senior economist at the liberal Economic Policy Institute, …
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